Straw-stacker



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A. FURST.

8 STRAW- STAGKER.

* Patented-Jan, 24, 1888.

UNITED. STATES- PATENT "OFFICE.

AUGUST FURST, OFOORNING, KANSAS.

STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,873, dated January 24, 1888.

Application filed April 21, 1887.

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST FURsT, a cit-i zen of the United States, residing at Corning, in the county of Nemaha and State'of Kansas, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Straw-Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to an improvement in straw-stackers; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts of the same, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. I

The object of my invention is to provide an improved straw-stacker which is simple and effective in its construction and operation, strong and durable, easily handled and readily understood, convenient and accessible at all times, positive in its results, and comparaand in dotted lines at the upper end of the stacker in the act'of dumping the load therefrom. Fig. 2 is an end elevation with the traveling carriage or truck on the tilting or dumping frame at the upper end of the stacker. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved stacker with the truck inposition thereon. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the ele* vating truck or carriage.

A indicates the base frame-work or beams, which has two forward standards or uprights, A, which are united and braced by cross beams A and by tie-braces a a. To the rear portion of the base-frameAthe inclined beams B are secured, which are connected to inclined beams B, which are of greater inclination than the said beams B and extend upwardly and are secured to the top'portion of the uprights A A. The rear portion of the incline B- is in close proximity to the ground, while the incline B extends up to a considerable elevation Serial No.235,689. (No model.)

pivoted in the uprights A To the central portion of this frame B a beam or metallic rod, B is secured and projects slightly in the rear thereof, and has a weight, B", connected toits rear portion by means of a suitable attaching chain or rope. This weight B is sufficiently heavy to overbalance the weight of the tilting ing table, B, which forms a continuation of the inclined frame B, and is trunnioned or i frame and cause'the same to return to itsinorfmal position in connection with the inclined frame B. This frame or tilting tableB is also provided with track-irons, which engage with the track I), mounted in theincline B. Upon the track-irons?) of the' incline a suitable truck,

O, is adapted to travel andengage'therewith,

and has a tilting gate, 0, mounted in the rear portion thereof. of three uprights, c c, the lower ends of which This gate 0 is constructed,

are slotted and engage with pins mounted in" the upper-platform of the truck. The said gate is adapted to be raised slightly on the pins just described and tilted down backward from the truck onto the ground, and thereby greatly facilitate the loading ofsaid truck with at its two ends to the rear portion of the truck O. This draft-rope D is adapted todraw the said truck 0 up the inclines B and B when the said truck shall have been loaded and it is desired to dump the quantity of hay orstraw thereon on top of the stack and off from the forward end of the said uprights A A. The draft-rope D extends outward from oneside of the stacker and has an attaching-loop, d,

secured to'its outer end, to which horsepower may be applied for drawing the truck upward,

onthe inclines B and B. When thetruck 0 shall have been drawn upward over the inclines B and B and to gradually ride over onto the tilting table B and when the said truck has reached the extreme forward end of. the said tilting table, the weight thereof, and the com- 7 bina'tionwith the weight of the load of straw carried by said truck, willovercome the effect of the weight B, secured to the rear portion of the said tilting table, as described, and the said table B will tilt forward, dumping the contents or hay carried upon the truck 0 over the forward end of the stacker. When the said table B tilts downward in the act of dumping, the forward ends thereof strike against projecting beams B B extending outward from the forward end of the stacker, and which are adapted to prevent the said table from tilting too far, being so arranged that when the said table strikesthereagainst it will be in a sufliciently-inclined position to cause a dumping of the contents or straw carried by the truck 0. Slightly in the rear of the middle portion of the said table B and on the inner sides of the track-beams thereof, headed pins or bolts b project outwardly therefrom, and are engaged by depending recessed plates 0, secured to the under part of the carriage O, and in a similar manner the under portion of the frame-work of the said carriage C is provided with studs or pins 0', which are engaged by recessed plates b, projecting upwardly at right angles from the said tilting table B. When the carriage or truck 0 rides upon the tilting table B, the several plates and projecting pins of the studs engage with each other, and the said carriage is held in contact withthe tilting table and prevented from running over the edge thereof or tilting therefrom when dumped or tilted downward by the action of the said frame B. When the load which has been carried up the inclines B and B by the carriage C has been dumped, as described, the draftrope is slackened by reversing the movement of the power attached thereto, thereby lowering the car or carriage 0 down the inclines B and B to receive another load of hay or straw, and when the said carriage reaches the extreme lower end of the inclines B the depending plates 0 thereof engage with projecting pins 1), secured in the rear portion of the said inclines B and the carriage O, and are thereby prevented from becoming disengaged from the track b. I

The central upright, c, of the tilting gate 0' of the carriage O, is provided with a straploop, 0, to which an operating-cord may be attached for lowering the said gate when it shall have reached the lowerportion of the incline A, without the necessity of coming down from the top of the load of hay or straw which may be at the time adapted to be loaded upon the carriage and stack from the end of the stacker. I

It is obvious that the construction of the device entire may be regulated and adjusted to suit the height of the stack required; and it isv obvious, further, that the truck 0 may be used to advantage in the elevation of heavy bodies other than hay or straw.

Many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts may be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a hay-stacker, the combination of a supporting frame-work, the two inclines B and B, the incline B of which is arranged at a greater angle of inclination than the incline B, the tilting table arranged at the upper part of said incline and trunnioned or pivoted in the uprights A, track-irons b, mounted in the several parts, a truck or carriage, 0, having a tilting gate, 0, traveling and adapted to ascend said inclines, the sheaves or pulleys arranged and mounted upon the uprights A, as set forth, the draft-ropes connected to the carriage and passing through the said sheaves or pulleys, and the projecting beams B substantially as described.

'2. In a hay-stacker, the combination of the supporting-frame, the inclines mounted in connection therewith, having track-irons secured thereto, the tilting table at the upper forward end thereof, having suitable stops or pins and recessed plates, the truck or carriage traveling on said track-irons and provided with a drop-gate, studs or pins and recessed plates secured to the under sides of the framework of the said truck or carriage and adapted to engage with the plates and pins in the tilting table, the projecting beams B and the draft-rope D, connected to the said truck or carriage and passing through the sheaves or pulleys 1 1 and 2 2, arranged in the forward part of the frame-work, substantially as de scribed.

3; In allay-stacker, the combination,with the supporting frame-work,oftheinclines mounted thereupon, having a tilting table in the upper portion thereof, a truck or carriage moving on the track-irons mounted in connection with said inclines and connected to draft-ropes,operated as described, and a movable gate mounted in the rear portion of said truck or carriage and adapted to be tilted downward in loading the said carriage with hay or straw, and to be raised in a vertical position when the said truck or carriage has been loaded, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST FURST.

\Vitnesses:

O. W. HUNT, W. SLooUM. 

